10 fall movies to save the world (maybe)

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Jake Gyllenhaal stars in the fact-based story of Jeff Bauman, who lost both legs in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. His arduous recovery was chronicled in the book Bauman co-wrote with Bret Witter; David Gordon Green, whose resume spans the plaintive wonders of “George Washington” and the raucous high jinks of “Pineapple Express,” directs the film version. Gyllenhaal may snag an Oscar nomination come January. Co-starring Tatiana Maslany and Miranda Richardson.

Shot many months before Hurricane Irma caused so much trouble for the Sunshine State, director Sean Baker’s follow-up to his terrific debut “Tangerine” is a summer-in-the-life chronicle, rangy and observant, of the residents of a $38-a-night motel near, but a universe away from, the manufactured enchantments of Disney World. Willem Dafoe plays the manager, who pretends not to care about the kids who make his life a headache.